August 2010
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championing.. a team...?
As I noted in my email to you all on 23 July, I have championed a team to analyze our Availability Forecasting and Resume compliance metrics, determine root causes of sub-optimal performance, and develop mitigation strategies.
July 2010
3 posts
Information Builders - Cheif Operationalizers of...
Its focus on operationalizing insights distinguishes Information Builders from its competitors. It worked for performance management, says CEO Gerry Cohen, and it’s poised to give IBI an advantage in statistics and predictive analytics.
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Company Email
“…This is going to force you to think upstream in terms of the pre-field conversation.”
Jeff Jargon got caught upstream in a pre-field conversation once. Washed him halfway to Calgary. Hair stunk something fierce for days after. Now when he scratches his chin his left eye closes. No one should be forced into that.
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Six Sigma →
A treasure trove.
June 2010
6 posts
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An excerpt from my Service-Oriented Computing...
Enabling interoperation between workflows, and between web services, continues to be a fundamental challenge. This paper proposes a new approach to interoperation based on hubs that are designed using “business artifacts”, a data-centric paradigm for workflow and business process specification. The artifact-centric interoperation hubs are focused primarily on facilitating ...
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“These funds provide important external validity…”
– Academic Department newsletter. Here’s a paraphrase.
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“What if we postpone ________ and instead, schedule a conference call with you...”
– Email from colleague. “A better way forward?” Are we on the Oregon Trail? Fording the river much lately? Broken axle and Cindy’s dead from smallpox? Let’s ease up on the purposeful, eyes-to-the-horizon talk, Sacagawea.
Sustainable Data Exchange
“We can achieve savings and better performance by leveraging existing administrative and clinical infrastructures, and by using scalable standards that support direct connections as well as data interchange through clearinghouses, and that work in both centralized and federated RHIO models,” he said.
But what did he really say?
worthless agency mission statement
“[Agency’s] mission is to use expertise to provide innovative solutions for our customers in support of their missions and by so doing foster an effective, sustainable, and transparent government for the American people.”
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“Consultant-speak comes with the territory at a great client-service oriented...”
– Excerpt from internal company newsletter, by way of P.
Had to make the first post strong. I swear this is real.